A Peterborough Transit bus heads out of the Downtown Peterborough Terminal for a trip along the 5 Charlotte route. Photo by Trevor Harris.

Peterborough is one of four smaller cities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area that have recently hired transportation consultants to review their transit systems and propose fairly major changes to local transit service.

(The other three are Guelph, Barrie and Niagara Falls. Guelph Transit completely revamped its network of routes — arguably, unsuccessfully — January 1, 2012. Barrie Transit is proposing a major reorganization of its route network, starting this August. The City of Niagara Falls council postponed making a decision about proposals to revise Niagara Falls Transit at least until next year.)

Peterborough Transit is implementing the first phase of its consultants’ recommendations to improve how transit passengers people get around the city, starting tomorrow, Sunday, May 5.

It’s combining one of its express routes to and from Trent University’s Symons Campus with a regular Peterborough Transit route, revising another route and increasing rush-hour service along three more.

westward along Simcoe;
northward along Aylmer Street North;
eastward along Hunter Streets West and East;
northward along Rogers Street;
eastward along Douro Street;
northward along Armour Road;
east- and northward along Nassau Mills Road;
east- and southward along East Bank Drive; and then
northward along Gzowski Way to Peter Gzowski College,
ending their trips.

Outbound buses drop off or pick up passenger at stops

in Downtown Peterborough Terminal,

on Hunter Street West across from Sheridan Street,

on Hunter Street East east of Burnham Street, at Mark and Rogers Streets,

Buses leave Peter Gzowski College at 8:20 a.m. and every 40 minutes until 7 p.m. Sundays and holidays, 6:20 a.m. and every 40 minutes until 11 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and 7 a.m. and every 40 minutes until 11 p.m. Saturdays.

Buses leave Downtown Peterborough Terminal at 8 a.m. and every 40 minutes until 6:40 p.m. Sundays and holidays, 6 a.m. and every 40 minutes until 10:40 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and 6:40 a.m. and every 40 minutes until 6:40 p.m. Saturdays.

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south- and westward along West Bank Drive;
westward along Nassau Mills Road;
southward along Water Street and George Street North;
westward along Parkhill Road West;
southward along Stewart Street;
westward along Dublin Street;
southward along Reid Street;
eastward along McDonnell Street;
southward along George North;
westward along Simcoe Street; and then
northward into Downtown Peterborough Terminal,
ending their trips.

Inbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

at the Sonja Bata Library,

on West Bank Drive across from the Trent Athletic Centre and Julian Blackburn Hall,

on Water Street beside Tim Horton’s, at University Heights Boulevard and Carnegie Avenue, across from the Zoo and at Marina Boulevard,

on George Street North at Argyle Street and north of Parkhill Road,

on Dublin Street at Rubbidge Street across from Catharine Parr Traill College,

westward along Simcoe Street;
northward along Rubbidge and Reid Streets,
eastward along Parkhill Road West;
northward along Water Street;
eastward along Nassau Mills Road;
north- and eastward along West Bank Drive; and then
eastward to the Sonja Bata Library,
ending their trips.

Outbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

at the Downtown Peterborough Terminal,

on Reid Street at McDonnell Street and north of Dublin Street,

on Water Street north of Parkhill Road West, at Argyle Street, across from Marina Boulevard, beside the Zoo, across from Carnegie Avenue, University Heights Boulevard and Tim Horton’s,

on West Bank Drive beside Julian Blackburn Hall and the Trent Athletic Centre and

Canceling current routes

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Saturday, May 4 is the last day that Peterborough Transit operates buses along the route. Starting Sunday, May 5, buses operating along the new 42Trent Armour route replace service to stops north of Hunter Street with . It’s also revising the 11Ashburnham route so that buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops that buses operating along the 9 Nicholls Park route currently serve south of Hunter Street East.

Trent East Bank express

Saturday, May 4 is the last day that Peterborough Transit operates buses along the route. Starting Sunday, May 5, buses operating along the new 42Trent Armour route replace the service.

Trent West Bank express

Friday, May 3 is the last day that Peterborough Transit operates buses along the route. Starting Monday, May 6, buses operating along the new 41Trent Reid route replace the service.

Increasing the frequency of service along current routes

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Starting Monday, May 6, Peterborough Transit increases the frequency of service along its most popular routes Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

Buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops along the routes every 20 minutes, instead of every 40 minutes, Mondays to Fridays from about 7 until 9 a.m. and from about 3 until 6:30 p.m.

Revising the path of a current route

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Starting Sunday, May 5, Peterborough Transit revises the route so that buses serve stops along Burnham Street, Maria Street and Rogers Street south of Hunter Street East. By revising the path of the route, the buses start dropping off or picking up passengers in an area where buses operating along the former 9Nicholls Park formerly served stops.

Inbound and outbound buses operate along their regular route to Hunter Street East and Burnham Street, then proceed:

southward along Burnham;
eastward along Maria Street; and then
northward along Rogers Street to Hunter East,
resuming their regular route east- or westward** along Hunter.

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